Vita Sackville-West was born on 9 March 1892.

Birthday girl Vita Sackville-West in 1916.

QUOTE: “I worshipped dead men for their strength, forgetting I was strong.”

SOME WORKS: Sissinghurst; Solitude; The Edwardians; All Passion Spent; The Dark Island; No Signposts in the Sea.

A KEEPSAKE:

The Edwardians by Vita-Sackville West at Eager for Word. $12.34.